North American Aviation Company building, ca.1960

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Photograph of North American Aviation Company building, ca.1960. In the foreground at left, a group of three palm trees are visible. In the background at center, the large North American Aviation building can be seen. A large, covered awning held with slanted supports extends over the front entryway. Along the top of the building, the company logo can be seen at left, while the company name is visible to the right. The company logo consists of a large bird viewed from the side, with its wing pointing down, over a large triangle. In the corners of the triangle, the letters "N, A, A" can be seen. Additional palm trees and other plants can be seen around the front of the structure. Two automobiles can be seen to the right of the entryway. At left, a large flagpole holding the American flag is visible.

Asset Metadata

Title North American Aviation Company building, ca.1960

Subject buildings (adlf), buildings (lcsh), Factories (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- General -- North American Aviation (file heading), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- General #5 (file heading), North American Aviation Company (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 1700 East Imperial Highway (street), California (states), El Segundo (cities), Los Angeles (counties), USA (counties)

Temporal Subject 1960

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 20 x 25 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1960

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m1092

Identifier 44072 (accession number), CHS-44072 (call number), CHS-44072 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-1974 (legacy record id), chs-m1092 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-1128 (legacy record id), 84-1-799 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 1974

Unique identifier UC117335

Legacy Identifier CHS-44072.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.2 in × 16.3 in at 300dpi
51.4 cm × 41.5 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Description The more than 3,600 unique photographs of this collection document the Chamber's promotional efforts during the city's early years. In addition to stock photographs, there are pictures of the elaborate booths and displays that the Chamber prepared for use at state fairs and international trade shows. The photographic collection contains images showing the growth of important municipal enterprises, such as ground transportation systems, aviation, and shipping. In addition there are about 1,000 lantern slides in this collection -- not yet fully digitized.

Date Created 1860/1960

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